Women in the forest

WOMEN IN THE FOREST

THE FUNDAMENTALS AND FUTURE OF ECOCRITICISM

• As a field of literary study that addresses how human study to nonhuman nature or the environment in literature.

• Prefixed “eco” are listed, among them “Ecofeminism” and “economics.”

• “Eco,”from the Greek root oikos, means “house.”

Ecocriticism • “economy” - law of the house• “ecology” - relationships between living

organisms and their environment.• Ecocriticism- the criticism of the

“house,” i.e., the environment, as represented in literature.

VANDANA SHIVA

“I think the combination of feminism and ecology creates two potentials. First, I have seen feminism that is not ecological become a new oppressor. I have seen environmentalism that is not feminist enough also become a new elitism. Ecofeminism prevents those two new forms of elitism by saying, No, it’s about society and nature. It’s about other ways of thinking”

What is Ecofeminism ?

• Ecofeminism, or ecological feminism, is a term coined in 1974 by  Françoise d'Eaubonne.

• Its advocates often emphasize a deep reverence for all life, and the importance of interrelationships between humans, non-human others

ECOFEMINISM

• Ecofeminism is a social and political movement claiming a considerable common ground between environmentalism and feminism with some currents linking deep ecology and feminism.

FEATURESMale domination in the society

To search for women rights

On sisterhood

women as nature and Men as culture

EXAMPLES• The novel

Fire on the Mountain by

Anita Desai.• Outstanding examples

of Ecofeminism. • Characters

Nanda Kaul, Iladas, Raka.

CHIPKO MEANS

HUMAN CHAIN

• Women formed human chains across roads to prevent contractors from reaching the forest area.

Result

• Chipko inspired environmentalists both nationally and globally and contributed substantially to the emerging philosophies of eco-feminism and deep ecology and fields of community-based conservation and sustainable mountain development.

CONCLUSION

• Another form of transcendentalism• Man is part of nature• Ethical responsibility of human beings

THANK YOUBy

K.r.aishwarya